• Medicina clinica · Dec 2021

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    Effectiveness of the EQ-5D and CRES-4 questionnaire for assessing the impact on the quality of life of patients and the level of satisfaction after exchanging dicumarinics for edoxabán: Real-life experience based on a multicentre study.

    • Francisco J Guerrero-Márquez, Ignacio Sainz-Hidalgo, Pablo Cristobo Sainz, Inmaculada Sigler Vilches, Alberto Avilés Toscano, and Basilio Soto-Espinosa de Los Monteros.
    • Departamento de Cardiología, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital de la Serranía, Ronda, Málaga, España. Electronic address: guerreromar24@gmail.com.
    • Med Clin (Barc). 2021 Dec 10; 157 (11): 530-534.

    Background And ObjectiveAtrial fibrillation and anticoagulation decrease the quality of life of patients. The aim of this study is to assess the quality of life and the degree of satisfaction after changing from VKA to edoxaban anticoagulants.Material And MethodsProspective, multicentre study, including 105 patients in dicumarinic anticoagulant treatment replaced by edoxaban. Their quality of life was evaluated before and after using the EQ-5D questionnaire, and the degree of satisfaction with CRES-4 scale.ResultsAverage 75 years, CHA2DS2VASC3,5 and HASBLED2,1; thromboembolic events and clinically relevant bleeding during follow-up <1%. EQ-5D showed a significant overall improvement in the mobility and anxiety parameters (P=.023, 95%CI: .0175-.23; P=.019, 95%CI:=.028-.31). The CRES-4 questionnaire showed satisfaction with the therapist of 95%, a positive impact on life of 73% and a negative impact of 3.8%. The emotional state attributed to the change in treatment improved (41% vs 69.5%, P=.0001). The final score of the CRES-4 weakly correlated with the emotional situation of the EQ-5D questionnaire.ConclusionsThe change of anticoagulant for edoxaban improves the quality of life and the degree of patient satisfaction, and the EQ-5D and CRES-4 quality of life questionnaires can be used complementarily.Copyright © 2020 Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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